Day: November 7, 2021

Putin: economic integration with Belarus is impossible without migration According to him, it is not possible without migration integration. The president's words are reported by RIA Novosti. “Of course, full-fledged economic integration is impossible without moving forward in creating a single migration and visa space,” Putin said and added that it is necessary not only to ensure labor mobility of the population, but also guarantee the freedom of movement of citizens, taking into account all the risks in this area. “This is exactly what the concept of the migration policy of the Union State prepared by our governments is aimed at, and a lot of work has been done here, too,” the president stated. Also, Putin promised to help Belarus. “Russia, of course, will continue to provide assistance to the brotherly Belarusian people, there is no doubt about it,” he assured. Earlier, the head of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, announced that

Mikhail Ganelin said that Sberbank took a course towards the development of the ecosystem subsidiary banks in Europe. “I think this decision to sell is logical. Sberbank has long abandoned international expansion: even during the time of the sanctions. Sber took a course towards developing an ecosystem and services for the domestic market. As for the banks that have existed: they require resources, but there is no real big business. Therefore, we can also talk about resource optimization here. They still have points abroad, and that's enough, “the expert emphasized. Earlier it became known that Sberbank Europe agreed with a number of investors on the sale of subsidiary banks in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Hungary , Serbia and Slovenia. The total amount of the deal will be about 500 million euros, including the sale of shares and the replacement of financing provided by Sber. The transaction is expected to be

Sberbank will open in Berlin and will attract top IT developers Sber has announced the opening of its first R&D center in Europe at the largest technology conference in Europe Web Summit, which takes place in Lisbon. David Rafalovsky, Executive Vice President of Sberbank, CTO of Sberbank, Head of the Technology Block, spoke about this in his speech. The center will open in Berlin and will be focused on attracting high-quality IT developers, architects and specialists in the field of Machine Learning. Berlin has long been a center of attraction for high-quality IT specialists who speak Russian, English and other European languages. It is planned that professionals from all over the world will work at the center on Sberbank's breakthrough technological ideas, including the products and services of SberDevices, SberCloud and SberAutoTech. The R&D center will begin operations in Q1 2022, subject to regulatory approval. “The opening of the R&D

Economist Nikita Maslennikov advised Russians to buy New Year's gifts in November direction “Finance and Economics” of the Institute of Contemporary Development, economist Nikita Maslennikov. His words are quoted by Ura.ru. The specialist believes that this issue should be taken care of in advance because of the prospects for price increases by the end of the year. “If you need to buy something from non-food products – household and computer equipment, gadgets, then it is advisable to do it now. Because in December there can be quite a serious jump in prices, ”he warned. Maslennikov also added that now is the time to buy clothes and shoes for the winter. Maslennikov explained that non-food products usually rise in price due to a gap in supply chains. And now it is impossible to predict whether they will be able to recover by the end of the year. Earlier, Rosstat concluded that

German environmentalists from Deutsche Umwelthilfe demand to stop Nord Stream 2 ) Sasha Müller-Krenner called for a halt in the certification of Nord Stream 2 due to the German authorities' “ignoring” the Polish position on the gas pipeline. This is reported by TASS with reference to Der Spiegel. “The federal government is ignoring the well-founded fears of our neighbors,” said Müller-Krenner. In his opinion, the gas pipeline jeopardizes the energy security of Europe and compliance with climate targets. This is not the first attempt by environmentalists from DUH to interfere with the implementation of the project. In June, activists insisted on a temporary halt in the laying of the pipeline to assess its impact on the environment. The construction of Nord Stream 2 was completed on September 10. In early November, the Ministry of Economy and Energy of the Federal Republic of Germany reported that the certification process of the